Paradoxplace South West France Photo and History Pages

Paradoxplace France Photo & History Pages

Links to French Cathedral and Abbey Photo Pages in Paradoxplace

About Paradoxplace

 

Église St-Pierre, Aulnay

 

Link to Maps of the Pilgrimage Roads of France

 

LINK TO DETAILED SOUTH DOOR BEAST PHOTOS

 

Back to Poitiers to Périgueux the Long Way

 

 

 

 

 

 

The south side of the church - look's easy, but we were chatting to the cows for nearly half an hour before the sun broke through !

 

 

 

The south door - a goldmine of Romanesque beasts

 

LINK TO DETAILED SOUTH DOOR BEAST PHOTOS

 

 

 

 

The central portal of the west front includes the weathered remains of a Zodiac cycle (below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aries, the Gemini twins (just about still there), and ? doing ? from the remains of the Zodiac cycle on the west door portal

 

 

 

and then there are some interesting corbels in the chevet ....

 

Links to other pages in Paradoxplace

 

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